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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. >> next, a conversation on corporate lobbying and government relations. we'll hear from a microsoft lobbyist at this hour and 20 minute event hosted by american university's public affairs and advocacy institute. >> oh, welcome back to the public affairs advocacy institute. i want to say members of this class are becoming famous on c-span. we're getting all kinds of emails about some of you but i won't tell you which ones. i'm getting some positive emails about the class and a lot of people are enjoying it. and i like that very much. it's sometimes hard for our speakers to do c-span 'cause they leave out all the good jokes. but with ed ingle, i don't think that's going to be a problem. he's always entertaining. >> i'm a big joke in and of itself. [laughter] >> he's always entertaining and wise.
go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. >> next, a conversation on corporate lobbying and government relations. we'll hear from a microsoft lobbyist at this hour and 20 minute event hosted by american university's public affairs and advocacy...
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however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book about you can go through the typical class is that people have, or even the holidays to celebrate. we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learn the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had investors, they were sent here to make a profit, so were the people of jamestown, and they ought to learn that. do we have time for a few more questions? yes, the leedy here. >> my name is emily from england. i would like to say i think that you are a very charming man. but i am quite concerned the rhetoric your skillin
however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book...
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the brewing industry is proud of its contributions to america. in fine malt beverages leaders will implement, raw material purchases, and taxes. >> the beer promotional film you just saw was created in 1952 for the united states brewers foundation. the entire film is part of the archive that can be watched on line at archive.org. you can learn more about garrett peck's book and force at prohibitionhangover.com. >> there was a change in my life. given the title of my book, i met someone who would later become my husband and when i moved back so we could start our work together and go forward i began to experience firsthand all of the things uranian young people were dealing with when it came to marriage and moving on in life beyond simply being single and young. this started for me in the course of planning our wedding and there's a chapter in my book devoted to this. is the persian pride's hand book and it looks at the world of weddings. being the woman i was planning the wedding and was quite astonished by the world i encountered, the world of w
the brewing industry is proud of its contributions to america. in fine malt beverages leaders will implement, raw material purchases, and taxes. >> the beer promotional film you just saw was created in 1952 for the united states brewers foundation. the entire film is part of the archive that can be watched on line at archive.org. you can learn more about garrett peck's book and force at prohibitionhangover.com. >> there was a change in my life. given the title of my book, i met...
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to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers, dear distributors, retailers, and their respective employees. the brewing industry is proud of its contributions to america and find malt beverages, employment, from material purchases, byproduct vomit and taxes. the beer promotion film you just saw was created in 1952 for the united states brewers foundation. the entire film is part of the praline are archived and can be watched online at archive.org. you can learn more about said to's book at prohibition hangover.com. >> now my move back to iran coincided with the change in my own life. and as you might suspect, given the title of my book i me
to be more specific comment every year the farmers of america sell the breweries more than 1 billion pounds of farm products worth $250 million. from these fine gold and green, the breweries produce over a billion gallons of immaculately pure beer and ale in barrels, camp, and bottles. to suit every taste and personal preference here it taxes on beer and ale provides $850 million figure to state and federal governments. this is in addition to the property and income taxes paid by the brewers,...
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why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the nations is this: in america, working people are the middle-class. we built our middle class in the 20th century through hard work, through struggle and visionary political leadership. but a generation of distract this, greed driven economic helices as a voter that progress and now threatens our very identity as a nation. today, on every coast and in between, working women and working men are fighting to join the middle-class and to protect and to rebuild the. we crave political leadership ready to fight for the kind of america that we want t
why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the...
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ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political education: coming of age in paris and new york. one of the chapters at a seminar year and a half ago. i am pleased to note that andre schiffrin at the same time donated a wonderful archive, and editorial, worked with industrial democracy which provides a very interesting window into the birth of a new life. andre schiffrin will be joined tonight by milkman, author of a new deal and journalism, the story of p.m.. paul teaches english at the new york city school system and has a ph.d. from rutgers university. andre schiffrin is going to say a few words to provide some context to the book. then andre sch
ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political...
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it's great book that -- and great work that you have done, because most people in america have never heard of this controversy. i'll maybe say a few things about how i came to this issue. when i saw the original cartoon crisis start, my first reaction was that the newspaper was quite naive, in not understanding how this issue is going to be really taken up by the islamists and really used, because when i was researching for my monograph on another radical islamist group, in about 2003, i was really surprised that they had picked denmark as one of their main countries where they would radicalize muslims and i was thinking why denmark. it's not that, you know, prominent in terms of, you know, you can talk about germany or u.k. in terms of foreign policy issues, in terms of history, but there were some of those radical imams that were affiliated with and you didn't mention it now, but it's in your book, with muslim brotherhood, or you mentioned the imam who died and one of the things i never understood was some of these radical self-declared community leaders were actually consulted by
it's great book that -- and great work that you have done, because most people in america have never heard of this controversy. i'll maybe say a few things about how i came to this issue. when i saw the original cartoon crisis start, my first reaction was that the newspaper was quite naive, in not understanding how this issue is going to be really taken up by the islamists and really used, because when i was researching for my monograph on another radical islamist group, in about 2003, i was...
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democrat is the only chance we have a chance to take back america. people get out there and vote the right way to standardize all i got to say. >> host: jack in chattanooga. your next. go ahead. >> caller: i'm telling obama that he can go on and reward those people that were on that plane that helped put out that psycho with, that blow him up and didn't talk about putting him in a military court. >> host: jack, we're talking about health care right now. let's go to grosse pointe, michigan. jesse on online for independent. >> caller: good morning, rob. >> host: what do you think about this plan that democrats are throwing out? >> caller: i think it's great, because you know the problem i think with the republican party, they're going to have to, their record when they were in office, they just don't care about people, the party. and i think the president, he's educated, he's strong. is a chess player like i am. and he doesn't jump up and holler when something happens without getting the facts. you know? he examines the situation and makes intelligent
democrat is the only chance we have a chance to take back america. people get out there and vote the right way to standardize all i got to say. >> host: jack in chattanooga. your next. go ahead. >> caller: i'm telling obama that he can go on and reward those people that were on that plane that helped put out that psycho with, that blow him up and didn't talk about putting him in a military court. >> host: jack, we're talking about health care right now. let's go to grosse...
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believe me alaska is like a microcosm of america. >> obviously you've read books and magazines. why didn't you just name some books and magazines? >> and obviously i have of course all my life. i'm a lover of books and magazines and newspapers. but asked that question even early on in the interview i was already so in light and was unprofessional of me to wear that an alliance on my sleeve. >> you couldn't think of any in the moment. >> it was more of are you kidding are you asking me? to me it was in the context of do you read? how to use the informed? it seemed like she was discovering this nomadic tribe, a tribe from some the end of all caved in alaska asking me how do you stay in touch with the real world. that's how i took the question so i kind of, well, i didn't roll my eyes and was annoyed with the question and got, you iow with the state of journalism today is no matter what i say to her it will probably be a twisted and perceived as a bit negative. >> host: anne kornblut, what was happening within the campaign during that moment? >> guest: even that early on she noted
believe me alaska is like a microcosm of america. >> obviously you've read books and magazines. why didn't you just name some books and magazines? >> and obviously i have of course all my life. i'm a lover of books and magazines and newspapers. but asked that question even early on in the interview i was already so in light and was unprofessional of me to wear that an alliance on my sleeve. >> you couldn't think of any in the moment. >> it was more of are you kidding are...
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the freedom of speech on the airwaves of america is still ride for america. that is where founders enshrined the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in the first amendment. but i really think it was a lost opportunity tonight for the president. he had a chance to hit the reset button, to start over with the american people to say i got the message. we are going to focus on getting spending under control and getting the economy moving again and abandon this pathway of the government's and instead we heard them redouble his commitment to the government today while pledging to reduce government tomorrow. >> mike pence represents the district in central, northern eastern and again from fort wayne done to columbus. >> i had my son at his first day of the union address. >> this is your son. michael, which you go to school? >> union ton high school in arlington. >> were you going to college? >> hopefully perdue university. >> why did the perdue? >> because of the engineering. >> what you want to be when you grow up so to speak besides a congressman? >> hopefu
the freedom of speech on the airwaves of america is still ride for america. that is where founders enshrined the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in the first amendment. but i really think it was a lost opportunity tonight for the president. he had a chance to hit the reset button, to start over with the american people to say i got the message. we are going to focus on getting spending under control and getting the economy moving again and abandon this pathway of the government's and...
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he describes america as the biggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. and we have to take note that his riverside speech, april 4th 1967 when he first comes out against the vietnam war mike in a very robust public way is given one year to date before he is assassinated in memphis. when we think about king between 1965 to 60 even two years before river site by the time king is going to chicago and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums he talks about islam clarence campaign and desegregate housing in chicago. he's talking about poverty. he's talking about economic marginalization of poor people, laborers. king makes a very famous speech where he talks about labour has dignity which is one of his last speech in 1968. king's poor people campaign is something that we shunt aside as well. we really keep dr. king frozen on august 28th 1963 with the i have a dream speech in his washington, d.c. and we don't think about the king who was much more combative even though he was non-violent because he believed he could use of violence as a moral and politica
he describes america as the biggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. and we have to take note that his riverside speech, april 4th 1967 when he first comes out against the vietnam war mike in a very robust public way is given one year to date before he is assassinated in memphis. when we think about king between 1965 to 60 even two years before river site by the time king is going to chicago and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums he talks about islam clarence campaign and...
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he describes america as the piggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. and we have to take note that his riverside speech april 4, 1967, in new york city when he first comes out against the vietnam war in a very robust, public way is given one year to the date before he's assassinated in memphis. so when we think about king tweps between 1965 and '68, even two years before riverside, by the time king is going to chicago, and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums. he talked about a slum clearance campaign and desegregate housing in chicago, he's talking about poverty. he's talking about economic marginalization of poor people, laborers. king makes a very famous speech where he talks about all labor has dignity which is one of his last speeches in 1968. king's poor peoples campaign is something we shunt aside as well. we really keep dr. king frozen on august 28, 1963, with the i have a dream speech right here in washington, d.c., and we don't think about the king who was really much more combative. even though he was nonviolent because king believe
he describes america as the piggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. and we have to take note that his riverside speech april 4, 1967, in new york city when he first comes out against the vietnam war in a very robust, public way is given one year to the date before he's assassinated in memphis. so when we think about king tweps between 1965 and '68, even two years before riverside, by the time king is going to chicago, and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums. he talked about...
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the america we wanted. did not live up to the dreams that our founding fathers had. we needed another civil war, this time not a violent one on the battlefields of virginia, but a war of ideas, a war of values, a war of protest to shadow that mirror, to shatter the image and to create a new reflection of our hopes for a more perfect union. revolutions need leaders. leaders prepared as our founding fathers were. to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to achieve a goal. there were many such leaders in our second civil war, but none were greater than dr. martin luther king jr. dr. king was a man for all seasons. and man for all people. the dream he had for america was a dream he had for the entire world. in the shadows of the oppressed people of the world, anywhere his name was spoken, light was shining. anywhere his words were repeated, a prayer was answered. anywhere his beliefs were studied, hope began to grow. he was a hero for the ages. few men, few women, have ever had such power f
the america we wanted. did not live up to the dreams that our founding fathers had. we needed another civil war, this time not a violent one on the battlefields of virginia, but a war of ideas, a war of values, a war of protest to shadow that mirror, to shatter the image and to create a new reflection of our hopes for a more perfect union. revolutions need leaders. leaders prepared as our founding fathers were. to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to achieve a goal....
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in just instance we approached the consumer federation of america. and we knew if you bypassed cfa and if you went to perhaps more of the localized chapters of cfa, their question would be, well, have you spoken to the national chapter. if you have the buy-in of the national entity, which is not always easy but if you have that buy-in, you are then in a position not only to immediately gain entree to their members with their permission but it immediately gives you that step forward in what will then be the next step, which is communicating the urgency to those local entities. and if they can reach out to their national association and get some sense that this is a worthwhile cause, we have a much better chance of getting them to join with us. so in this case we looked at these five or six broad areas which we wanted to tap into. identifying core trade association leaders forever each. we approached each of them through those best relationship means. and really the goal was to get them to endorse a mission statement. and i'll talk very soon about core
in just instance we approached the consumer federation of america. and we knew if you bypassed cfa and if you went to perhaps more of the localized chapters of cfa, their question would be, well, have you spoken to the national chapter. if you have the buy-in of the national entity, which is not always easy but if you have that buy-in, you are then in a position not only to immediately gain entree to their members with their permission but it immediately gives you that step forward in what will...
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and about the immigrant express and america. and my thinking terms of sister ping and the golden venture and law enforcement and what had is in some ways is for you want to tell is when we go and interview everyone. the police, fbi, undocumented fujianese, sister ping, snakeheads, people they have smuggled, immigration lawyers, officials who determine immigration policy in washington. everybody sort around, through the whole, along the whole continuum. and the centerpiece that brings all these people together is the voice of the golden venture, which some of you as new yorkers i am sure our family with or have take memories of. after sister ping and ah kay cooperate on a number of ships, there was a ship that came to new york in 1993 called the golden venture. as it happened, the event another shipwreck of the so which was supposed to come to the u.s. it faded -- it made as far as canyon. these passengers many of them sister ping's passengers but also other snakehead passengers were stranded. they had planned on going to the uni
and about the immigrant express and america. and my thinking terms of sister ping and the golden venture and law enforcement and what had is in some ways is for you want to tell is when we go and interview everyone. the police, fbi, undocumented fujianese, sister ping, snakeheads, people they have smuggled, immigration lawyers, officials who determine immigration policy in washington. everybody sort around, through the whole, along the whole continuum. and the centerpiece that brings all these...
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she left america in 1773. so he wanted to write a letter so he wrote and the man said i would be glad to take. so he wrote this letter saying all sorts of things that happened but it's much too complicated to get into. i just want to tell you one thing. the moment i spend with you were the happiest of my life and then in the same letter he put in a long letter from martha. i love that. >> host: also coming full circle. >> guest: yes, coming full circle. >> host: well, this has been fun. >> guest: delighted to chat with you, barbara. >> host: tom, thank you. we would like to open up for some questions. we are going to entertain some of you would like to step up to the microphone and present -- expected the white seven strong relationships, did they know each other? >> guest: very good question. did the wives have a strong relationship between them. yes, dolley madison and martha washington were a difference in ages but they were very friendly and in fact there is a story which again is and truly documented whic
she left america in 1773. so he wanted to write a letter so he wrote and the man said i would be glad to take. so he wrote this letter saying all sorts of things that happened but it's much too complicated to get into. i just want to tell you one thing. the moment i spend with you were the happiest of my life and then in the same letter he put in a long letter from martha. i love that. >> host: also coming full circle. >> guest: yes, coming full circle. >> host: well, this has...
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he also said the most successful political organization in america is the national rifle association. they don't do anything other than lobby members. they write and they call and they talk to members. and that's obviously barney frank, a congressman from my former home state of massachusetts. at the time congressman frank uttered this latter statement i believe he was the chair of the house judiciary committee, one of the high ranking members of the house judiciary committee where probably 90% of nra's gun-related legislation had to go through. so here's a guy who has definitely earned his f rating from nra, who votes against the rights of gun owners every time he has the opportunity but nonetheless says they do a good job. one more quick one. somebody who worked in the clinton white house. let me make one small vote for the nra. they're good citizens. they call their congressman they write and vote and they contribute and get what they want over time. this was from former clinton staffer and now abc host george stephanopoulos. again, people who work for and against the nra at times
he also said the most successful political organization in america is the national rifle association. they don't do anything other than lobby members. they write and they call and they talk to members. and that's obviously barney frank, a congressman from my former home state of massachusetts. at the time congressman frank uttered this latter statement i believe he was the chair of the house judiciary committee, one of the high ranking members of the house judiciary committee where probably 90%...
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but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare for americans. one mother figure i have in my book, people are not going to believe it but it's an offical labor department figure and you know they wouldn't like. labor department in the united states, a typical american family today spends more eating out and dinners, fast-food restaurants or luxurious restaurants, different kind of restaurants than the family spends on health care. and we spent too much on health care. all right. the idea that capitalism is dead and agree to the reasons why capitalism is not dead and i
but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare...
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of commons. up next, a look at the past two decades. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. >> on november 21st, 1989, the british house of commons opened its doors to television cameras and broadcast its proceedings. up next, we'll look at some of the debate from the day and hear how televising the house of commons made an impact on the public's view of the british parliament for 20 years. >> order. the question is, that all members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the united kingdom to make their election for which of the places they will serve within one week after it
go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of...
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he describes america as the biggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. we have to take note that his riverside speeds, april 4th 1967 in new york city when he first comes out against the vietnam war in a very robust public day is one year to the day before he is assassinated. when we think about king, by the time king is going to chicago. he is in chicago to try to transform the slums. he talked about a slum clearance campaign. he is talking about poverty. he is talking about economic marginal losses in a poor people. laborers. king makes a very famous speech where he talked about all labor has dignity, which is one of his last speech is. kingsport people campaign is something that we shot aside as well. we've really keep dr. king frozen on august 20th, 1963, with the "i have a dream" speech right here in washington, d.c. and we don't think about the king who was really much more combative, even though he was non-violent. king believed that you could use non-violence as a moral and political force, really a battering ram to transform democracy. but to sa
he describes america as the biggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. we have to take note that his riverside speeds, april 4th 1967 in new york city when he first comes out against the vietnam war in a very robust public day is one year to the day before he is assassinated. when we think about king, by the time king is going to chicago. he is in chicago to try to transform the slums. he talked about a slum clearance campaign. he is talking about poverty. he is talking about economic...
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at the same time many were coming out of rural america and going to the city. i felt very unique. very caught in between. two groups. like two sides. it was a time period that was -- i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> the first part of your book is a different section. the first is called straddling the sand. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american growing up in a predominantly white area of philadelphia? >> it was tough. i still wrestle with the impact of the time period. i grew up with very good friends of mine, great friends in that time period, numerous stereotypes about african-americans and i internalized that. both my parents worked which was unusual in that time period. a dual income family. tenth grade rolled around and i opted out of the public school system and went to a private school and had my first contact with african-americans. my first girlfriend in tenth grade was african-american. i had to leave and go someplace else and work on my identity. >> what do you thi
at the same time many were coming out of rural america and going to the city. i felt very unique. very caught in between. two groups. like two sides. it was a time period that was -- i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> the first part of your book is a different section. the first is called straddling the sand. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american growing up in a predominantly white...
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over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature. and i write in the book about, you can go through the typical classes that people have, or even the holidays that they celebrate, we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learned the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had invested that they were here to make a profit or so were the people of jamestown. do we have -- and we have time for a few more questions? yes, the lady here. >> my name is emily. i am from england. i would just like to say i think you're a very charming man, but i'm
over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of...
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america 2008. he cowrote herblock with carry katz. for more information visit herblockfoundation.org. >> we're at frostburg state university speaking with thomas a. lewis author of brace for impact. tom, to start off with, what do you see as the major threats to our current way of living? >> well, that's the content of most of the book. it's a long list. what i did was organize it into the threats that i see gathered against our systems that sustain us. i look into food, both the food that we grow and the animals that we raise. i look into water, the supply of water and the treatment of wastewater. and energy. oil and electricity. and each of those categories is of a system that has been increasingly industrialized and is increasingly in peril of failing. mortal stress on all of those systems. and usually people don't look at them all at one time. you get people specializing in electricity. well, one of the things about electricity is that it takes three times as much water to get you the electrici
america 2008. he cowrote herblock with carry katz. for more information visit herblockfoundation.org. >> we're at frostburg state university speaking with thomas a. lewis author of brace for impact. tom, to start off with, what do you see as the major threats to our current way of living? >> well, that's the content of most of the book. it's a long list. what i did was organize it into the threats that i see gathered against our systems that sustain us. i look into food, both the...
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. >> think of all the changes that have occurred in america since 9/11. what your question raises for me, senator, is one that does not ordinarily come into the debate on terrorism, and that is the question of cost effectiveness. the security people can come up with than in was number of ideas as to what you should do, and you find it very difficult to argue against any of them. because they have truth to them. i think, as we move along and as our costs continue to rise, the question you raised will become much more part of the debate. is it cost-effective? now, obviously, you want to go on the set of security. and you clearly have. i do not know what this country spends to fight terrorism today. i am not sure anybody has made a calculation of it. if they have, i have not seen it. but it is a huge amount of money. so the cost program schedule, too. >> i had a thought. i will come back to it. i want to talk briefly with you about the national counter- terrorism center, which we focused more on the dni and the general problem in some of the effects of the c
. >> think of all the changes that have occurred in america since 9/11. what your question raises for me, senator, is one that does not ordinarily come into the debate on terrorism, and that is the question of cost effectiveness. the security people can come up with than in was number of ideas as to what you should do, and you find it very difficult to argue against any of them. because they have truth to them. i think, as we move along and as our costs continue to rise, the question you...
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this is my friends book in america nobody liked my idea. they said they were too far out but i started to the street for other people with those little dots then i was lucky because the second or third book nablus remembering this and through that two butthroh school site ao suspected at that time and i admit done in a cover of the book the moon or son to surround that looks like a metal, and i have been talking about it too much. people know it now. and is say no. [laughter] finally i could do my own book going back to rich in the new country i was sitting in this studio talking about myself with this loan the creature living in a strange country looking for a spiritual friend this is the observation and finally i see this beautiful woman waving at me and finally somebody i know. it was somebody trying to stop a taxi. [laughter] it is about people different people waving and all the elevators because where i grew up there were not many elevators at all. dedicated to my sister because she will not be able to travel again but just before 198
this is my friends book in america nobody liked my idea. they said they were too far out but i started to the street for other people with those little dots then i was lucky because the second or third book nablus remembering this and through that two butthroh school site ao suspected at that time and i admit done in a cover of the book the moon or son to surround that looks like a metal, and i have been talking about it too much. people know it now. and is say no. [laughter] finally i could do...
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he talked about the everyday man and woman of america having a job. he talked about our responsibility, and let's agree to stop disagreeing and come together on things that we can all approve of. he talked about our nation not to be number two but number one. so i mean who could disagree with that? and there was nothing that he said that i really found disagreeable. >> now, we've all been reading about tension between house democrats and the obama administration. what are your thoughts? >> he said tonight that he was going to be talking not only to democrats but republicans, too. and if you have a better idea let's sit down and talk about in the house and in the senate. and, you know, we thought the senate health reform bill had some things in it that were offensive and he said let's look at what we can do. people talk about -- he came in talking about change. let me tell you the collapse of the market didn't happen overnight and change will not come about overnight but if we work together in unison we can bring about that change. >> who are some of y
he talked about the everyday man and woman of america having a job. he talked about our responsibility, and let's agree to stop disagreeing and come together on things that we can all approve of. he talked about our nation not to be number two but number one. so i mean who could disagree with that? and there was nothing that he said that i really found disagreeable. >> now, we've all been reading about tension between house democrats and the obama administration. what are your thoughts?...
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and other of the g-7 economies, and mexico after all was in latin america. so latin america historically has had a history of financial volatility. lots of crises. so the mexican crisis yet occurred against the backdrop in which mexico months before the crisis had been upgraded by the rating agencies. mexico city had been admitted to the organization of the oecd. mexico was a poster child at the time of the imf. but at any rate the mexican crisis unfolded and at that time i was still working for the international monetary fund and there was what the imf calls a mission, it sounds like mission impossible, maybe this but it is a visit we went through indonesia, hong kong, singapore, japan, and it was about five and half weeks long and it was to assess financial vulnerabilities in these countries at that time and you could not go anywhere without hearing news about the evolution of the mexican crisis. and the issue was raised at the time well, you know, a lot of these countries which these were the east asia tigers by and large had had a history of more than a
and other of the g-7 economies, and mexico after all was in latin america. so latin america historically has had a history of financial volatility. lots of crises. so the mexican crisis yet occurred against the backdrop in which mexico months before the crisis had been upgraded by the rating agencies. mexico city had been admitted to the organization of the oecd. mexico was a poster child at the time of the imf. but at any rate the mexican crisis unfolded and at that time i was still working...
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fernandez, argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of anne lutz fernandez speak for 15 minutes at the new canaan, connecticut library. >> thank you, hello. welcome, and first of all i'd like to think all stray books for inviting me to speak tonight and thank you for coming to listen. my name is anne lutz fernandez, and i wanted to share with you initially just our decision to write the book, where that came from. and it really all happened just a few miles from here at my home in norwalk over thanksgiving weekend about four years ago. my sister and i, were there, our family had gathered, and from various points, driven of course the norwalk and my driveway was filled with cars. and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but in very good, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousins in a car crash. shortly after we lost christy, i lost a good friend and a highway crash. these two losses have a profound effect on our lives. we started chewing on the contradictions that th
fernandez, argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of anne lutz fernandez speak for 15 minutes at the new canaan, connecticut library. >> thank you, hello. welcome, and first of all i'd like to think all stray books for inviting me to speak tonight and thank you for coming to listen. my name is anne lutz fernandez, and i wanted to share with you initially just our decision to write the book, where that came from. and it...
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it doesn't exist in america anymore. and it was made into a very bad, well -- not very bad, but weird movie some years ago. >> a movie with a message that had helicopters coming in. >> right. >> it's a very strange movie. another part of vanderbilt at war. the whole thing for which he went out to try to fight with mer mac, or sent a ship out. which is the first ironclad which the confederacy built and threatened the entire union of the north, block -- blue kid of the south. it looks invulnerable. . bounces off it. vanderbilt has come up with his own ship to combat this. >> yes, and again this goes to the kind of complex nature of vanderbilt. because, you know, he was somebody who formally, i'm sure he never read adam smith. but he believed in the invisible hand. and he firmly believed that, you know, it's almost my duty as a citizen, you pursue your interest. and you fight for them. and he thought that's what everybody should do. but one the acceptions of that is he is deeply patriotic. and he named, he had three sons, h
it doesn't exist in america anymore. and it was made into a very bad, well -- not very bad, but weird movie some years ago. >> a movie with a message that had helicopters coming in. >> right. >> it's a very strange movie. another part of vanderbilt at war. the whole thing for which he went out to try to fight with mer mac, or sent a ship out. which is the first ironclad which the confederacy built and threatened the entire union of the north, block -- blue kid of the south. it...
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so you're seeing european cyber criminals linking with latin america or the middle east and asia. very cystic and techniques. a lot of financial crimes taking place and others. and this is really a world-class problem and it's one i think can only be solved by better international cooperation or two in the parties. but as consumers, we've got to be very careful in our machines. i think we should all think, you know, twice before doing all of our banking online, for example. you want to be very careful in how you approach. i do my online banking with a separate machine that is only plugged in for maybe two minutes a week to execute those transactions and otherwise there's no financial records on any of my other computers. by the dedicated laptop for only that. >> host: do you advise that for everyone? >> guest: though good thing about networks and pcs getting cheap i think it's not a bad practice. but am trying to do is limit access people might have to my financial director. now an alternative is to stop using online banking completely. i'm not advocating that but there are progra
so you're seeing european cyber criminals linking with latin america or the middle east and asia. very cystic and techniques. a lot of financial crimes taking place and others. and this is really a world-class problem and it's one i think can only be solved by better international cooperation or two in the parties. but as consumers, we've got to be very careful in our machines. i think we should all think, you know, twice before doing all of our banking online, for example. you want to be very...
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there's no more sexism in america. that's so passe. and actually that's pretty much the kind of attitude i ran into when i first began to do the study. alive and well, my dentist asks, after hillary almost got the democratic nomination and sarah palin had the number two spot on the republican ticket? how can you say sexism is alive and well? i wonder if he'd say barack obama's presidency has obliterated racial discrimination in america, but before i can ask he says, besides, with so much wrong in this country, why are you worrying about women? he lifts a dental mirror from the tray. since i have a policy never to argue with someone about to put a sharp instrument in my mouth, i don't respond as i want to. but my dentist, thoughtful and progressive though he is, has just proven my point. women are part of this country can. 51% of it. and the problems facing us as a nation fall mightily upon them. now, certainly we're far from the dark ages before the second wave of the woman's movement. back then the moment you were zipped into your pin
there's no more sexism in america. that's so passe. and actually that's pretty much the kind of attitude i ran into when i first began to do the study. alive and well, my dentist asks, after hillary almost got the democratic nomination and sarah palin had the number two spot on the republican ticket? how can you say sexism is alive and well? i wonder if he'd say barack obama's presidency has obliterated racial discrimination in america, but before i can ask he says, besides, with so much wrong...
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did they spend only what america could afford? were they responsible with our pocketbook? after all the decade is over, madam president, i ask them: where is the $5.6 trillion surplus? it's nowhere to be found, madam president. republicans squandered our surplus by spending wildly on massive tax breaks for the wealthy and the special interests. they tried to place the blame on president obama, but the reality is that this president inherited a massive deficit of $1.3 trillion on the day that he took office last year. and now as we try to clean up the mess that we've inherited, our republican friends are trying to pass the buck. they seem to be more interested in scoring political points than making sound policy. who's going to be hurt if we don't extend this debt? we're all going to be hurt. it's not going to be democrats that are hurt. it's going to be republicans and every american is going to be hurt. mr. president, we need to raise the debt limit so that america can avoid the economic catastrophe that would be created if the united states defaulted on our debt. if we f
did they spend only what america could afford? were they responsible with our pocketbook? after all the decade is over, madam president, i ask them: where is the $5.6 trillion surplus? it's nowhere to be found, madam president. republicans squandered our surplus by spending wildly on massive tax breaks for the wealthy and the special interests. they tried to place the blame on president obama, but the reality is that this president inherited a massive deficit of $1.3 trillion on the day that he...
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this is the day she arrives in america by boat. the reason for this event is significant is for two reasons, mainly amongst many others of course, but she is that which is the relationship between arab-americans and our foreign policy in the middle east, and second because these two and i should say there were two distinct waves of immigration to the united states from the arab world. from the late 1800s from all places of northern europe came to a halt, and then immigration after 1965. these are different groups of people, people coming over in the late 1800s, mostly from modern-day lebanon, syria. and they're coming over before notions of nationalism and an arabism have really set in in the region. after 65 we see much more skilled labor, much more people from the muslim faith coming over, people from other countries, you see egyptian, yemenis, iraqi's, all sorts of people from the arabic world speaking world coming over. this event, you sort of see this in the chapter that takes place here in dearborn, comes to bring these two w
this is the day she arrives in america by boat. the reason for this event is significant is for two reasons, mainly amongst many others of course, but she is that which is the relationship between arab-americans and our foreign policy in the middle east, and second because these two and i should say there were two distinct waves of immigration to the united states from the arab world. from the late 1800s from all places of northern europe came to a halt, and then immigration after 1965. these...
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america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it should be fairly obvious to everyone that it doesn't. those of you who came here on some means other than walking benefited from some corporation that created the bus or the car and a motorscooter or whatever it is you came here with. and those of you who walk also benefited from shoes that were made somewhere. i mean, the involvement of business in our lives, every aspect of our lives in benefiting us is so obvious and so ubiquitous and so omnipresent that it seems utterly bizarre that anyone could design this. but i became very involved in promoting my previous boo
america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it...
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you can have working-class in america can wear blue jeans. . . when i wanted to show that everything sort of loosened up, but some countries don't like that anymo idea of 1968 but ther is much more vivid. it is a stirring picture of 1968 and and and sort of lord of all -- were a little. again in high school the tension with the beach boys are. so i was like traveling with the beach boys from -- i was traveling around the czech republic with the beach boys and tt didn' consequence. there was some other contract people would beat up people but i needed that sort of catharsis in the story and this is the most telling place in prague and in the book because this shows how silly the whole system became because when john lennon was shot in 1980 young people painted the walls which is in the beautiful part of prague and then somehow the government decided this is out of control the people cannot just paid whatever they want and this was artistic. it wasn't like i would say graffiti or it was somehow bad days and the police troops and painted the whole t
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[applause] while researching his book, "the prohibition hangover: alcohol in america from demon rum to cult cabernet," garrett peck began getting temperment tours of historic sites in washington, d.c.. booktv joined mr. peck to learn how the temperance movement led to prohibition in 1920, and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. >> first of all what is prohibition and how did we get? >> it was started in january 16, 1920, once the 18th amendment was ratified but it was part of a century long movement to ban alcohol in this country. that movement was called the temperance movement that the idea behind there initially, temperance men to moderate one's drinking, but by the 1820s, the movement decided that peo cm a call. this was led by evangelical churches started in the 18 tens, and they believed alcohol was simple, it was wrong. they called it demon rum. they associate alcohol with a double. and therefore, everybody had to stop writing altogether. this movement lasted a century long. their idea what to clean up and sober up american society and eventually end up with a decent, middle-c
[applause] while researching his book, "the prohibition hangover: alcohol in america from demon rum to cult cabernet," garrett peck began getting temperment tours of historic sites in washington, d.c.. booktv joined mr. peck to learn how the temperance movement led to prohibition in 1920, and why prohibition was repealed in 1933. >> first of all what is prohibition and how did we get? >> it was started in january 16, 1920, once the 18th amendment was ratified but it was...
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i propose a systematic way to reform our programs called a road map for america's future. my purpose in putting this out there is not simply to say we have it all figured out, we've got the ideas. our purpose is here's a plan to restore our fiscal future, to pay off our debts, although the mission of health and retirement security and make our economy grow so people have good jobs. the purposes and to encourage others to do the same, bring his or plans to solve our entitlement crisis. bring us your ideas to actually pay off our debt. there is a unique legacy in this country that is about to be severed and that legacy in this country is each generation takes on its challenges so that the next generation is better off. well, as cbo will tell you as every objective statistical how do we know for a fact we are consigning the next generation to an inferior standard of living, that's a fact irrefutable. i encourage you to challenge that. we've got to act now to turn this around so that we give the next generation in this american legacy of having a better future which they will
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wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and support teachers in general. one of the things that we focus on that we found in our high performers is their ability to invest students in their work. chubb says in his paper, students begin lessons unmotivated. they will simply not make the hard effort necessary to learn. degreed. i couldn't degree more. but i'm not sure that technology will motivate students. i mean -- i'm not sure how you get students to engage in the technology if they have this pass of not being successful and don't feel like they want to engage in the work and doubt their own ability to do the work. so for me, i don't see te
wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and...
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this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward opportunity and help us show it off when we get there. we were mystified initially by how -- when you buy a new car people tend towvr almost involuntary say to you congratulations. and at first we couldn't quite figure out why that was worthy of congratulations but once upon a time, it was. you earned. you saved. you bought a car. and it was representative of an achievement. and in those days gm works to set the stage for us and first you bought the chevy and then you moved up the corporate and social ladder. you got the buick. and if you got the full american dream, the cadillac. but the american car b
this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward...
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and so you have riots in america. he retires, moves out to l.a. in 1963 there's the march on washington, he doesn't go. robinson didn't like cliques. he thought, unwisely, that maybe all of the so-called hip people were going to go to the march on washington. i think if he had it all to do over again, he would have went. but he didn't. he wasn't actively involved in civil rights. he thought hi civil right -- his civil rights took place in the middle of the ring. he did, he did campaign for senator robert f. kennedy. of course; he was assassinated, and that broke his heart. >> host: did the kennedy campaign seek sugar ray out? or was it something that he volunteered for? >> guest: he volunteered. >> host: were they proud to have him as part of the campaign? >> guest: oh, yes. yes, he did. >> host: you know, it's interesting, this is something that occurred to me as we're speaking, if i knew nothing about boxing but just had a basic knowledge of american history and i was reading a biography of jack johnson, i would think to myself, this will not en
and so you have riots in america. he retires, moves out to l.a. in 1963 there's the march on washington, he doesn't go. robinson didn't like cliques. he thought, unwisely, that maybe all of the so-called hip people were going to go to the march on washington. i think if he had it all to do over again, he would have went. but he didn't. he wasn't actively involved in civil rights. he thought hi civil right -- his civil rights took place in the middle of the ring. he did, he did campaign for...
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fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a highway crash. and these two losses had a profound effect on our lives. and we started chewing on the contradictions that the car presents, particularly that contradiction between the intense pleasure that the car brings to us, and the profound losses and tragedies that it also can bring. and on a daily basis, the contradictions between the convenience that the car brings and the frustrations that it also brings. so broadly speaking we want to explore the impact that this single object, this powerful piece of technology has on our lives. and we thought we could bring to bear our respected expert is. my sister is a profess
fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a...
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the most powerful lumber family in america. her boyfriend was out there. she was going to go join him. and he drove his motorcycle, italian imported motorcycle basically into a guardrail and died instantly. she went to his wedding dress as it would've -- forgive me. she went to his funeral dressed as a widow, dressed in black and dale. and her life was changed. we maintain this is armchair psychology. you might call it that check we maintain that event had to happen for molly to be liberated in a sense to go on and become molly ivins, champion of progressive political causes, social justice warrior, that she, you know, you might judge us when you read and say that's a canard. that's a literary device that you choose to explain this thing. we write in the book, his ashes were dispensed into the long island sound, and by his family and it was as if molly -- holding molly down, these expectations to join above the cloud line that gilded world that her father and mother really wanted, they too were blowing away like the ashes. and molly was irrevocably changed
the most powerful lumber family in america. her boyfriend was out there. she was going to go join him. and he drove his motorcycle, italian imported motorcycle basically into a guardrail and died instantly. she went to his wedding dress as it would've -- forgive me. she went to his funeral dressed as a widow, dressed in black and dale. and her life was changed. we maintain this is armchair psychology. you might call it that check we maintain that event had to happen for molly to be liberated in...
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and coming from the department of homeland security and the number one terrorist threat to america is the right-wing extremist, the conservative party or anybody who opposes the war or anything like that. and what did you think our country would be better served if our military was here to protect us and not spread throughout the world and the middle east like you said intervening all of this things and dropping drones on yemen and pakistan and innocent people and what ever. >> host: ambassador crocker? >> guest: you're absolutely right the primary duty of any administration is the security of america and the american people. that was true in the bush administration just as it is true in the obama administration. the challenge comes in figuring out how that is best done. in the will of the 21st century, where our threats come from non-state actors, groups like al qaeda it is a more complicated process and difficult one in many respects than it was during the cold war era. but again, one thing i would say to all of the c-span viewers is think carefully when you use the word enemy and d
and coming from the department of homeland security and the number one terrorist threat to america is the right-wing extremist, the conservative party or anybody who opposes the war or anything like that. and what did you think our country would be better served if our military was here to protect us and not spread throughout the world and the middle east like you said intervening all of this things and dropping drones on yemen and pakistan and innocent people and what ever. >> host:...
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>> host: in america. . . this being coming up next, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week long time talk radio program brian jennings discusses his latest book, "censorship" the threat to silence talk radio. mr. jennings explained what he believes will be the backdoor path to reinstating the fairness doctrine and silencing conservative talk radio. mr. jennings discusses his book with a nationally syndicated talk show host, monica crowley. >> host: i am monica crowley, the host of a nationally syndicated radio program "the monica crowley show." i'm also a panelist on the mcglaughlin group and a political and foreign affairs analyst for the fox news channel. i am delighted to welcome to the program today brian jennings. brian is one of the nation's top talk radio programmers. he served more than a decade as a national vice president of top programming for citadel broadcasting. he is an authority on talk radio. everybody in the industry knows
>> host: in america. . . this being coming up next, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week long time talk radio program brian jennings discusses his latest book, "censorship" the threat to silence talk radio. mr. jennings explained what he believes will be the backdoor path to reinstating the fairness doctrine and silencing conservative talk radio. mr. jennings discusses his book with a nationally syndicated...
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as mark stein writes sweden can be sweden because america is america. if we become more like europe, if entitlement programs begin to swallow our whole budget, will we still be able to afford the burdens of global military leadership? i submit that military decline is not an option for the united states. as former secretary of state madeleine albright put it, we are the indispensable nation. that's what american exceptionalism means. it means that because of our unique history, our unique power and the unique appeal of our founding principles, america plays a very special role in global affairs. i fear that many of the policies adopted over the past year will make it harder for america to continue playing this special role. and i hope that during the year ahead the administration will pursue a more sensible and responsible course, as the american people have said time and time again that they want it to do. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. burris: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. burris:are we in morning business?
as mark stein writes sweden can be sweden because america is america. if we become more like europe, if entitlement programs begin to swallow our whole budget, will we still be able to afford the burdens of global military leadership? i submit that military decline is not an option for the united states. as former secretary of state madeleine albright put it, we are the indispensable nation. that's what american exceptionalism means. it means that because of our unique history, our unique power...
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networking very well internationally, so you're seeing european cyber criminals linking with some in latin america or the middle east and asia. very sophisticated techniques, a lot of financial crimes that are taking place and others, and this is really a world class problem, and it's one, i think, can only be solved by better international corroboration between the parties. but as consumers, we've got to be very careful on our own machines, and i think we should all think twice before doing all of our banking online, for example. you want to be really careful in how you approach -- i do my online banking with a separate machine that is only plugged in for two minutes a week to execute those transactions, and otherwise there's no financial records on any of my computers. i have a dedicated laptop. >> host: do you advise that for everybody? >> guest: you know, the good news is with pcs getting as cheap as $200 each or 400, look, i think it's not a bad practice. what i'm trying to do is limit access people might have to my financial records. now, an alternative is to, you know, stop using online ban
networking very well internationally, so you're seeing european cyber criminals linking with some in latin america or the middle east and asia. very sophisticated techniques, a lot of financial crimes that are taking place and others, and this is really a world class problem, and it's one, i think, can only be solved by better international corroboration between the parties. but as consumers, we've got to be very careful on our own machines, and i think we should all think twice before doing...
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there is no more sexism in america. that is so passe. that is pretty much the kind of attitude i ran into when i first began
there is no more sexism in america. that is so passe. that is pretty much the kind of attitude i ran into when i first began
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it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be making animated film out of it. i realize i have to pay for the apartment, and somebody said you could do editorial illustrations. so in 1984, in june, i pointed "new york times" and they gave me first assignment, which changed my life because they gave me two pictures to do. i gave him three options for each picture. i said i can do it in one line which would take 10 minutes or half an hour, one hour. but everybody was doing the. i wanted to make sure i've reduce something which nobody else is doing so i would be getting
it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be...
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by the grace of god, only in america the autobiography the lieutenant general julius wesley becton jr., obviously that's a mouthful. to make a long story short, in a nut shell, that's my story. thank you for being here. thank you for inviting me. and i'm prepared to respond to your questions. i've already been told where the first question is coming from. sir, do you have a microphone? [applause] >> before i ask the supervisor a question, i want to congratulate you on the most illustratous and inspiring career. i hope lots of people read it and follow your example. my question has to do with the -- with your most challeng challenging jobs you take, the school system and the -- in washington, d.c. i remember you said that you requested to -- because of the pressure on you, i remember reading it, essentially was that a lot of people thought you were trying to put some discipline into the school system, which i thought was severely needed, and a lotf disagreed, saying that they didn't want any discipline in our school system. anyway, my question is, what's going on today, is there some -
by the grace of god, only in america the autobiography the lieutenant general julius wesley becton jr., obviously that's a mouthful. to make a long story short, in a nut shell, that's my story. thank you for being here. thank you for inviting me. and i'm prepared to respond to your questions. i've already been told where the first question is coming from. sir, do you have a microphone? [applause] >> before i ask the supervisor a question, i want to congratulate you on the most...
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john's which is one of the finest private schools in america. george w. bush wanted to go to st. john's but they wouldn't let him and so he went to kincaid which isn't a bad school, another very prominent powerful school but they were in the same orbit. just down the block from each other in the river oaks area and they mingled with the country clubs and they were in the nexus of the high energy and political world in texas. senator john tower drop by the house. just the kind of environment, she grow extremely conservative and began resisting -- back on track should begin looking at things i think she felt were seditious, something the was going to bug the crap out of her father, and she began reading a little publication that a friend of hers had in her house that clearly was not welcome at the speed delete the ivins house also would was called the texas observer, 32nd sales pitch, if you believe molly ivins and fierce journalism by a copy of it, subscribe, go on line, told them you love them. the observers defined by many ways molly's sensibility or ethos or her view of moralit
john's which is one of the finest private schools in america. george w. bush wanted to go to st. john's but they wouldn't let him and so he went to kincaid which isn't a bad school, another very prominent powerful school but they were in the same orbit. just down the block from each other in the river oaks area and they mingled with the country clubs and they were in the nexus of the high energy and political world in texas. senator john tower drop by the house. just the kind of environment,...